NorthCrestMedical Center to go Tobacco-Free
NorthCrest Medical Center, the community’s healthcare leader, will be moving to a tobacco-free campus effective June 1, 2008. As of this date no tobacco use of any kind will be permitted inside or outside of any NorthCrest facility. This initiative also will include the elimination of designated areas outside our facilities where employees, patients and visitors currently use tobacco products.
According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use accounts for about one – third of all cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking causes about 87% of lung cancer deaths. Smoking also causes cancers of the larynx (voice box), mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus (swallowing tube), and bladder. It also contributes to the development of cancers of the pancreas, cervix, kidney, and stomach. In addition smoking is linked to the development of some types of leukemia. Cigars, pipes, and all types of smokeless tobacco cause cancers, too. There is no safe way to use tobacco.
Cigarette smokers die younger than non-smokers. In fact, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted in the late 1990s, smoking shortened male smokers' lives by 13.2 years and female smokers' lives by 14.5 years. Men and women who smoke are much more likely to die during middle age (between the ages of 35 and 69) than those who have never smoked.
"We believe the health of our patients, visitors, employees and all others affiliated with NorthCrest is of the utmost importance," said Scott Raynes, President and CEO of NorthCrest Medical Center. "Given the data that supports the ramifications of tobacco use and second hand smoke, it makes sense that the community’s healthcare leader would do just that, lead by becoming tobacco free."
NorthCrest will be providing additional communication in the near future. NorthCrest would also like to thank the community in advance for its cooperation, understanding and support on this important health issue.
Active Adult, Village Style Living Introduced in White House
Brookside Village, an active adult community for people over 50, will be introduced to White House in the next 45 days.
Brookside Village employs the latest concepts in true "Village" style Living. Here the Pedestrian and Vehicular Activity are separated for enhanced aesthetics and safety benefits.
Up to 90% of the Homes are oriented with the front of the Home, with their "Sitting porch," towards a "Greenway" with a meandering walking path connecting to over 1 mile of walking trails. The two car garages are to the rear of the homes on a private drive to separate the vehicle activity from the people activity.
Brookside Village will be a gated community, with beautiful grounds, water features, excellent and convenient location – two blocks from the new Super Walmart and 2 minutes from I65 at Exit 108, makes this village a unique addition to White House.
In an article in the Tennessean this fall, titled "Aging boomers' housing needs go unfilled," it states, "the demand from retirees, (shows that) the market’s already started up the curve, and it’s going to crest in 2007, 2008, 2009," said Edsel Charles of Market Graphics, a Brentwood-based real estate research firm…we won’t have them ready by 2007." In Middle Tennessee, Charles estimates, demand for homes geared to people 55 and older will more than triple in the next three years, from about 400 a year today to more than 1,500 a year.
Already people age 55 and older represent one of the fastest-growing and biggest groups of home buyers, accounting for almost one –fifth of the 1.1 million new homes sold in the U.S. in 2003, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The association further estimates that the number of Americans 50 and older will reach 100 million by 2010.
According to the Developers of Brookside Village, these energy efficient patio homes will save their homeowners, money every month. When you find out the realcost of ownership of these homes, compared to your existing home, and when you see that the size of these homes include just about all of the real space, owners currently use, Brookside will be worth comparing.
If you have considered downsizing, while maintaining areas of your home you constantly use, you might want to look into Brookside Village.
For further information you can go to http://www.brooksidevillage.info/ for preliminary sales information, or call Bob Richter at (615) 533-3333.
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